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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:47 PM Original message |
Prices for key foods are rising sharply |
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Sin (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Humm.. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. yeah, but |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Can't afford cake. Can you? |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Let Them Eat Mud Cakes! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
54. More like, let them eat pasture pastry. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. organic frisbees, we called them on the prairie |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Guess it's let them eat icing |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Oh, he's far worse than Marie Antoinette was |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
71. what do people expect when fuel has risen sharply & food is trucked thousands of miles? Grow your |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. And they don't report food prices in inflation-figures. |
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poverlay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. I'm sure he thinks they're pretty and all, but without a couple of ten year olds around to explain |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh to be a reporter |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. A step-by-step guide to being a White House spokesperson |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. if ever. nt |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. They're just noticing this?!?!? |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
72. Yeah, really. My reaction to the article was "No shit, Sherlock!" |
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MatrixEscape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Look for alternatives if you can ... |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Ohh, I'm going to check this out. I'm looking to start my own garden. I've been growing herbs out of |
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MatrixEscape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Good to hear! |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I'd really like to start doing this |
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MatrixEscape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Didn't you see my link above? |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I definitely recommend Mel Bartholomew's book. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. the problem here is slugs |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Dammit, I meant to put something in my last post about slugs. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. wow, that is a new idea |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. What do you do about the squirrels |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I have cats. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. We have 3 cats here |
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MatrixEscape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #45 |
56. With SFG |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #36 |
70. i've been told they drown themselves in beer, never tried it, tho |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. My herbs have gone crazy.... |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. I can't keep up with my Basil. I thought I'd use more because I never had it in the house when I |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #43 |
66. I am going to talk... |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. I started a garden after reading his book. |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. I love square foot gardening! |
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MatrixEscape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Thanks for checking-in missb! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. Thanks for the link! |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. I use the technique for planting |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
55. Well said, MatrixEscape. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 12:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
58. Excellent post M/E. Everyone with a backyard should be doing it. |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Gee really??? I never noticed that I'm paying nearly double what I used to for a lot of items. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. I tell ya I want to buy a cow and put her in the back yard |
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Saltycat (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. Did he really say that??? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. Recently at the market... |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. Prices rise, Wages fall. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. But you can still get processed to hell food-like dinners for only $1!!! |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. I just paid $3.94 for a gallon of milk at a Target last night. |
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Yavapai (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Some favorite quotations |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Nice collection - thanks for posting |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. Bush Believes the Government's inflation statistics! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. War hasn't clouded peoples' optimism. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yeah, no shit . . . |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. $5.99 |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
52. Non-organic is over $4 here... |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. 4.1% my a$$!!! |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yeah, well, if W knew 9 more things, |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. wow |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
74. Oh sure. You can be flip about food prices. The only thing you eat is our souls. |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. I wanted to use my crockpot while at work, cheap tough meats are essential... |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again... |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
51. Another one of George Bush's surges. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
53. Now we see the other blade coming in to knife us. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. i'm not one for canning but why not freezing? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 06:06 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Oh we're freezing our some of our food also |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:31 AM Response to Reply #53 |
65. "With energy prices so high, farmers are having to pass their costs on to the consumer." |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
61. Dubya has never had to face economic insecurity |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
62. And they wonder why so many Americans are obese. |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
63. Sustainable living is our best bet. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. grow your own, wherever you are---land trusts are looking for growers on their ag properties |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
64. Well, Bush 41 didn't know the price of a gallon of milk, and didn't recognize a supermarket price |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
67. Ethanol!! |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
68. Nothing to see here -- feed them more celebrity and mini-disaster news |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
73. Milk has already gone up a dollar in the last 4 months. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
75. I just noted this in another thread that |
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